Cherbourg

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commune of France port city

Cherbourg is a major French port city on the Cotentin Peninsula, known for its strategic naval harbor and cross-Channel ferry connections.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune of France → port city →
capturedBy	Allied forces in 1944 →
Cité de la MerExhibit	submarine Le Redoutable →
connectsByFerryTo	Channel Islands → Cork → Dublin → Poole → Portsmouth → Rosslare →
country	France →
demonym	Cherbourgeois →
formerNameOf	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin →
hasClimate	oceanic climate →
hasEconomicSector	naval defense industry → shipbuilding → tourism →
hasHarborType	artificial harbor → deep-water port →
hasMunicipalStatus	subprefecture →
hasMuseum	Cité de la Mer →
hasNavalBase	French Navy base →
hasPortFunction	ferry terminal → fishing port → marina →
hasPortOperator	Port of Cherbourg →
hasRailConnectionTo	Caen → Paris → Rennes →
historicalEvent	World War II Battle of Cherbourg →
INSEECODE	50129 →
knownFor	commercial port → cross-Channel ferry connections → military port → strategic naval harbor →
language	French →
locatedIn	Cotentin Peninsula → Normandy → northwestern France →
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Lower Normandy →
locatedOn	English Channel →
mergedInto	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin →
mergerDate	2016 →
nearestLargeWaterBody	Baie de la Seine →
partOf	Manche department →
postalCode	50100 →
region	Normandy →
strategicImportance	Atlantic and Channel naval defense →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Channel ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") → English Channel → Mor Breizh ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	hasMajorPort
Georges Sorel ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") → Henry Moret ("Cherbourg, France") →	placeOfBirth
Normandy ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	contains
Manche ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	containsCity
Cotentin Peninsula ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	containsTown
Cherbourg ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	formerNameOf
French Surface Fleet ("Cherbourg naval facilities") →	garrison
French Fusiliers Marins →	garrisonLocation
Cotentin Peninsula ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	hasMajorCity
Cherbourg ("Port of Cherbourg") →	hasPortOperator
French Navy →	mainNavalBase
Cherbourg ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	mergedInto
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest →	servedCity
SS Nomadic →	servedPort
Manche ("Cherbourg-en-Cotentin") →	subprefecture
SS Jeremiah O’Brien ("Cherbourg, France") →	visitedPort